Dave Bruns

The MID function extracts a given number of characters from the middle of a supplied text string. MID takes three arguments, all of which are required. The first argument, text, is the text string to start with. The second argument,...Read more

The FIND function returns the position (as a number) of one text string inside another. In the most basic case, you can use FIND to locate the position of a substring in a text string. You can also use FIND to check if a cell contains specific text. FIND ...Read more

The EXACT function compares two text strings in a case-sensitive manner. If the two strings are exactly the same, EXACT returns TRUE. If the two strings are not the same (taking into account upper and lower case) EXACT returns FALSE.

The EXACT function takes two...Read more

The DOLLAR function converts a number to text, formatted as currency. The name of the function and the currency symbol used is based on language settings of the computer.

It's important to understand that DOLLAR returns text and not a number, so the result cannot be used in a numeric ...Read more

The CONCATENATE function concatenates (joins) join up to 30 values together and returns the result as text. In Excel 2019 and later, the CONCAT function and TEXTJOIN function...Read more

The CODE function returns a numeric code for a given character. For example, CODE("a") returns the code 97:

=CODE("a") // returns 97

With the character "a" in cell A1, the formula below returns the same result:

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The CLEAN function accepts a text string and returns text that has been "cleaned" of line breaks and other non-printable characters. You can use CLEAN to strip non-printing characters and strip line breaks from text. For example, to clean text in cell A1:

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The CHAR function returns a character when given a valid character code. Use the CHAR to translate ASCII code page numbers into actual characters. For example:

=CHAR(65) // returns "A"
=CHAR(97) // returns "a"

the CHAR function takes just...Read more